"The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) urged the Department of Homeland Security
today to end raids by federal immigration agents that have terrorized
north Alabama families and that undermine federal efforts to protect the
civil rights of the state’s Latino community in the wake of...

"Sheriff Jimmy Harris confirmed the raids and said many were housed
at the DeKalb County Detention Center. 'They brought seven to our office one day and eight another day,'
Harris said. 'They have all been shipped out to Louisiana.'" - Times-Journal, Dec. 16, 2011 . [NOTE...

"A spokesman with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said a
review would be conducted on raids carried out by Immigration and
Customs Enforcement officers recently targeting [unauthorized] immigrants
in Fort Payne and Collinsville. "The Department of Homeland Security has directed...